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Lake Wales, FL -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office needs the public's help identifying the person(s) responsible for shooting two cars with a shotgun in Lake Wales.

According to detectives, sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28 and Sunday, Jan. 29, the vehicles were damaged with shotgun blasts. One of the cars was located on Goldenbough Road and the other on Pine Tree Drive.

If you have any information on these incidents, you are urged to contact Detective Chris Katsoulis with the Polk County Sheriff's Office at 863-678-4107 or 863-298-6200.

Winter Haven, Florida -- Deputies are searching for the man they say shot a change machine several times in an effort to steal money from it.

Surveillance video shows on the night of January 4, a man wearing a gray hoodie covering his face entered the Busy Bubbles laundromat on Cypress Gardens Road. He promptly walks to the change machine and fires a shot into it with a semi-automatic handgun.

After briefly inspecting the machine, he proceeds to fire several more rounds into it, before leaving as quickly as he came in. He was not able to get any money from the machine.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Winter Haven police have arrested a 31-year-old man on drug charges after he threw away a bag containing more than 20 grams of marijuana at a courthouse.

Police say Demetrius Nickerson was at the courthouse around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday and attempted to pass through security. After setting off the metal detector, Nickerson was wanded by security personnel, who discovered a hard, unknown object.

Nickerson quickly told security that he would be right back and headed out the front door. Police say he returned a short time later and proceeded through security.

LAKELAND, Florida -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Lakeland teacher for battery after she allegedly threw food at a McDonald's employee.

According to investigators, 39-year-old Simone Paolercio was in the drive-thru of a McDonald's on South Florida Avenue Saturday morning when she got into a dispute with the window attendant over her order. They say Paolercio demanded a refund. When the manager refused, she allegedly threw the food through the window, striking the attendant in the face and chest.

Lake Wales, Florida - Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives are currently working a deputy involved shooting in which a suspect threatened deputies with a hammer along US Highway 27 South in Lake Wales.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies, Paul Stroud, 29, and Stephen Theriac, 40, were alerted to a male subject behaving erratically and throwing objects onto the roadway.